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APPLICATION FILED APR-15.19M- 1,312,443.

T. HILTON. BEDSTEAD, SETTEE, AND THE LIKE,

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T. HILTON.

BEDSTEAD, SETTEE, AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.15. 1919.

l ,3 1 2,443 Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

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UNITED STATES THOMAS HILTON, OF HAMMERSMITH, LONDON, ENGLAND.

BEDSTEAD, SE'ITEE, AND Tim LIKE.

Application filed April 15, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS HILTON, a subject of His Majesty the King of Great Britain, and resident of 78 Brook Green, Hammersmith, in the county of London, Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Bedsteads, Settees, and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wooden, metal and other bedsteads and has for its object to provide means for clamping a spring mattress to a bedstead as distinct from constructions heretofore in use in which the mattress merely lies upon or is connected or secured to the bedstead by dovetails or screws ar tached to the bedstead mattress.

In my present invention as applied to metal or iron bedsteads, the brackets are cast or formed so as to project laterally and inwardly from each bed post so that the front face of each bracket may be parallel with the bedstead ends.

The ordinary spring mattress as com monly constructed has a right angled frame carrying its resilient surface, the frame consisting of two side bars and two or more cross bars bolted together at the extreme corners. The construction of the corner brackets according to the present invention allows of the ordinary pattern spring mattress being gripped by the cross bars instead of at the ends of the sides and to effect this the brackets project longitudinally from the head and foot ends of the bedstead, on which projection the cross bars of the mattress will rest, and these projections or shelves terminate in a vertical flange provided with a screw threaded hole or a socket tapped to receive a set screw. The spring mattress rests upon these projections or shelves and when placed thereon and the set screws are tightened or rotated in the vertical flange or socket the bedposts or abutmeuts which may be provided on the brackets is or are forced or brought into a tight face-fit against the vertical outer faces of the mattress end frame or vice versa. The brackets may be described as clamps which clamp the end frames of the mattress se curely against abutments on the brackets and against an abutment on each bracket and the adjacent bedpost of the bedsteads. The set screws may be loose or may be secured to the vertical flange in any suitable way the end. of the set screw may have Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

Serial No. 290,336.

a loosely fixed flat washer or thrust block to prevent it entering the wood and to give it a better grip. The aforesaid abutment may be formed by projecting arms having their inner faces in alinement with the inner faces of the pillars or a little in advance thereof in which case the end frame bears on the projecting arms or abutments on the brackets when screwed tightly in position for use and then neither they nor the ends of the mattress sides will touch the corner pillars of the bedstead so that the counterpane may hang down as usual and the japanning or polish of the pillars will not be damaged or spoiled by actual contact with the mattress. In another form particularly when used as fittings for wood or brass beds, the brackets may screw or bolt onto the side or the side and front or back of the bedstead pillars and the projecting horizontal shelf and vertical lip or flange may be arranged to fold up or down or sidewise to obviate damage in transit and facilitate packing, and the set screw instead of pressing onto the cross bar of the mattress may go right through the same and be secured by a nut or threaded part of the bracket casting, or the set screw may form part of the bracket and be secured by a nut on the inside of the mattress cross bars. A further modification may consist of an arrangement in which the aforesaid bracket may be dispensed with and the projecting horizontal shelf and vertical flange may be attached to angle fiat or round iron or even wooden braces or battens cast, screwed or attached to the head and foot parts of the bedstead at a sufficient distance to miss the corner bolts of the spring mattress frame or the filling rods or struts of the bedstead ends. In such cases two or more shelves may be used at each end of the bedstead. The bracket when made as a separate fitment for wooden bedsteads may of course be stamped cast or produced from metal in any suitable way.

If desired the vertical flange or socket may be forked and formed with a recess, adapted to receive a nut which can be used instead of the screw threaded hole or tapped socket hereinbefore referred to, the nut being prevented from rotating when screwing up the mattress by side flanges or other suitable means provided on the bracket; or the nut may be cast with the bracket.

I will describe with reference to the accompanying drawing constructions in ac i plate 6.

cordance with the present invention but I do not limit myself to the precise constructions described and illustrated.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one bedpost of a. bedstead showing securing means in accordance with the present invention.

Figs. 2 to 7 and 10 inclusive show perspec tive views of modified forms of the invention hereinafter more fully described.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view and Fig. 9 a vertical section of one form of the pivot plate.

Fig. 11 shows the bracket hanging down for convenience in transit.

Fig. 12 shows the application of the invention to a bedstead having metal bedposts.

Referring to the form shown in Fig. 1, of the accompanying drawing, the securing means comprises a bracket 1, cast or formed so as to project laterally and inwardly of the bedpost 2 when secured thereto as by screws, 3, f, 5 which pass through a pivot ordinarily constructed being gripped or clamped by the end frames instead of being secured by screws at the ends of the side members each of the brackets 1 (as also the modified forms hereinafter described) are arranged to project inwardly of the bedpost and are each provided with a horizontal shelf portion 8. This latter portion terminates in a vertical flange or projection 9 provided with a screw threaded hole 10 to receive a set screw 11. hen the end frame of the mattress indicated at 12 is in position on the shelf portion 8, the screw 11 is rotated in the vertical flange 9 so as to move forward toward the left in Fig. 1. The end frame 12 of the mattress is thus forced or brought into a tight face fit against the abutment 13. The brackets 1 of which there are four, one for each bedpost may thus be described as clamps which clamp the end frames 12 of the mattress securely against the abutment 13 and against the inner faces of the bedposts of the bedstead. Each set screw 11 may as shown have a fiat Washer 14 or thrust block loosely mounted on its end so as to prevent the point of the screw entering the wood of the mattressend frame and also to give the screw a better grip. The aforesaid abutment 13 is formed as an integral projection on the bracket, the inner face of the abutment 13, being if so desired, in alinement with the inner face-of the supporting bedpost, but it is preferred that the .which the bracket can be secured in posisaid inner face of the abutment be slightly in front of the inner face of the bed post so that the mattress end frame 12 bears against the inner face of the abutment 13 only when screwed tightly in position. When the mattress end frames are thus clamped securely in position at each end of the bedstead, neither the end frames nor the side frames of the mattress will touch the inner faces of the bedposts and the counter-pane may therefore hang down as usual and the japanning or polish of the bedposts will neither be damaged nor spoiled by actual contact with the mattress.

In fixing the bracket to the bedpost the pivot plate (so called for a reason hereinafter described) is first secured to the bedpost when a wooden bedpost by the screws 3, 4; and 5. The pivot plate is further provided with two tapped holes 15, 16. The palm or flat portion 7 of the bracket has one plain hole 17 and a curved slot 18 the center of curvature of the slot 18 coinciding with the center of the hole 17 and set screw 19. After the pivot plate has been secured in position the bracket 1 is placed on the pivot plate and secured by set screws 19, 20 one of which passes through the hole 17 in the bracket and screws into the tapped hole 15 in the pivot plate, the other set screw 20 engaging the curved slot 18 in the palm of the bracket and the tapped hole 16 in the pivot plate. When the bedstead is fixed up and if it be found that the bedposts are not truly vertical it is only necessary to loosen the two set screws 19, 20 and swing the bracket longitudinally of the bedstead to obtain the correct adjustment of the bed posts in a true. vertical position. The screws can then be tightened up so as to secure the bracket in the adjusted position.

' In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the bracket 1 is formed in two parts 21, 22 the part 21 having a flat or palm portion 23, by

tion on the pivot plate 6, which as in Fig. 1 is secured to the inner face of the bedpost by the screws 3, 4 and 5. The part 21 of the bracket is provided with a horizontal shelf or support 8 on which the end frame of the mattress or part thereof is supported. The part 22 of the bracket forms a separable or removable continuation of the part 21 having also a shelf or supporting portion 2a and is adapted to be removably connected to the part 21 by the set screw 25 which passes through a plain hole 26 in the lower portion of the part22 and engages with a tapped hole 27 in the part 21 of the bracket. The two parts 21, 22 of the bracket when thus secured in position project inwardly and together with the abutment and clamping screw provide an efficient and satisfactory means of effecting a clamping connection between the mattress and the bedposts while at the same time allowing for the adjustment of the bedposts into a true vertical position.

The construction shown in Fig. 3 is practically the same as that shown in Fig. 1 except that the bracket is formed in two parts 21, 22, and the clamping screw passes through the part 22 and engages in the tapped hole 27 in the fixed part 21 of thebracket.

Fig. 4 shows a construction wherein the palm of the bracket 1 is secured to the inner face of the bedpost instead of the inner side face of the bedpost. As the construction of this form of bracket is otherwise the same as that of Fig. 1 no further description appears necessary.

Fig. 5 shows a construction of bracket wherein the pivot plate of the bracket is secured by screws 3 and 5, there being a cored lug 29 projecting from the face of the palm. The bracket 1 is connected to the lug by a bolt, 30, set screw or equivalent so as to provide for the vertical adjustment of the bed post. A stop or stops 31, 32 is or are provided to limit the downward movement of the bracket 1, these stops being formed on the palm of the bracket and the under side of the projecting or shelf portion 8.

Fig. 6 shows a construction similar to Fig. l, but in this; form the vertical flange 9 is forked as shown and the set screw 11 engages a nut in the recess between the parts 33, 34 thus avoiding the necessity of tapping the holes in the vertical parts of the bracket.

In Fig. 7 the outer part 22 of the bracket is similar to the outer part of the bracket shown in Fig. 2, but instead of the hole in the fixed part being tapped, the latter is forked or recessed as at 35, and the screw 25 engages a nut 36 so as to draw the two parts 21, 22 together to effect the clamping of the mattress to the bedposts.

In Figs. 8 and 9 the pivot plate 6 is shown as having two recesses 37, 38 to receive the head of a bolt which may be employed instead of the set screws described in connection with Figs. 1 and 2. In this construction the holes 15, 16 described in Figs. 1 and 2 are plain and the palm of the bracket is bolted to the pivot plate as shown in Fig. 9.

Fig. 10 shows a construction wherein the bracket 1 is hinged as at 39 to a right angled bracket 40 secured by screws 41, to the inner side face of the bed post, a stop or stops 42, 43 being provided to limit the downward movement of the bracket 1.

Obviously the palm of the bracket shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 may have a right angled portion cast or formed therewith so that the brackets can be screwed on to the side and front of the respective bedpost and the projecting horizontal shelf portion may be arranged to pivot downwardly to obviate damage in transit and facilitate packing. In Fig. 11 the bracket of Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 is shown as being hung from the curved slot while in Figs. 5 and 10 the bracket hinges upward to facilitate transit and avoid damage.

In the constructions shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the nut in the recess may be prevented from rotating when screwing up by means of side flanges 44, 45 in Figs. 6 and 7 respectively, or by other suitable means provided on the bracket. If so desired the nut may be cast with the bracket.

In Fig. 12 the bed post is cast with a boss 46, or bosses, and studs 47 which carry the bracket 7, the construction being otherwise similar to that shown and described with reference to Figs. 2, 3, 6 and 7.

The invention is applicable to settees or any article of furniture having a spring mattress or seat top as well as to bedsteads.

What I claim is 1 1. A pivot plate to be rigidly-secured to a bed post, a palm pivotally connected with the pivot post to be swung in a substantially vertical plane, means to clamp the palm to the pivot plate, a bracket carried by the palm and having a fixed abutment, and an adjustable abutment carried by the bracket and arranged opposite the fixed abutment to cooperate therewith in holding the frame of the mattress or the like.

2. A pivot plate to be rigidly secured to a bed post and arranged substantially vertically, a palm plate arranged upon the outer side of the pivot plate, a substantially horizontal bracket carried by the palm plate and rigidly secured thereto at a point between the upper and lower ends of the palm plate, a pivot element arranged above the bracket and pivotally connecting the palm plate and pivot plate, said palm plate being provided beneath the bracket with a transverse slot, a clamping bolt carried by the pivot plate and operating through the transverse slot and serving to lock the palm plate in adj ustment to the pivot plate, a fixed abutment carried by the inner end of the bracket, a lateral extension carried by the outer end of the bracket, and a clamping element having threaded engagement with the lateral extension and arranged opposite the fixed abutment and adjustable with relation thereto.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

THOMAS HILTON.

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